This and That

From The Herald

Published 6:31 am, Monday, September 14, 2015

Registration for the fall driver’s education morning course at Plainview High School is at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 29, at PHS. Cost is $250, cash only, due at registration, and the course will run from 6:30-7:45 a.m. Monday through Friday, Oct. 5 through Nov. 17.

Plainview High School will host an open house beginning at 6 p.m. Monday, Sept. 21, in the PHS cafeteria. There will be a senior parent meeting at 6:30 p.m. in the auditorium and a junior parent meeting at 7 p.m. in the auditorium.

In informal meeting for anyone interested in fostering or adopting children will take place at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 15, in the SinglePoint Building at First Baptist Church, Eighth and Austin. The CPS faith-based recruiter will be leading this session. The meeting is open to all interested individuals in the community.

The annual fund drive for the Plainview Symphony’s 37th season is now in full swing. All who contribute and/or order tickets by Sept. 21, or who have already done so, will be entered in a drawing for dinner for two at Cotton Patch. For more information call 685-2879 or visit pvsymphony.org. Orchestras across the U.S. on average derive only a third of their annual revenues from ticket sales with private contributions accounting for half their total budgets.

Forms for spring concurrent classes at Wayland Baptist University are now available at PHS and PCA. Students may also come by the Wayland Admissions Office to pick one up or access one online. Forms must be submitted to the Admissions Office by Oct. 30 for Spring 2016 classes. Please call 295-3500 for more information.

Plainview Area FFA Alumni will host John Godwin and Justin Martin from “Duck Dynasty” at Ducks In High Cotton beginning at 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19, at the Pete and Nelda Laney Center at Wayland. Tickets at $75 per person, with proceeds to benefit FFA scholarships. To purchase tickets and for more information, visit DucksInHighCotton.com or call John Browning, 806-729-0416, or Joe Mustian, 806-685-4640.

The deadline to submit grant requests to the Plainview Area Endowment for the fall funding cycle is Sept. 15. Information and forms are available at www.PlainviewAreaEndowment.org. Already this year it has awarded more than $17,000 through its community grant program.

Soldiers of the Cross Ladies Ministry, a non-denominational group, meets from 2:30-4 p.m. each second Thursday in the home of Linda Long, 2502 W. 16th Apt. B, to enjoy a time of worship, fellowship and sharing each other’s talents to assist others. Call Shirley Cookston at 296-2817 for more information.

Paws Pet Adoption has a small fund available to provide partial financial assistance to lower-income Plainview residents to spay/neuter a family pet. Applications are available from 4-6 p.m. Monday through Friday at the animal shelter, 500 S.W. Third.

The Plainview High Class of 1965 will hold its 50-year anniversary Sept. 25-26. For more information visit www.plainview65.com, call Bitsy Stone at 1-970-389-0198 or email stonemb@comcast.net

Like minded individuals are invited to join local members of Gideons International at their weekly breakfast, from 7-7:30 a.m. Saturdays at the Old Mexico Restaurant. The unique international ministry is celebrating its 2 billionth placement since the organization began distributing Bibles in 1908. The group took 93 years to distribute its first billion copies of Bibles and New Testaments (1908-2001), but less than 14 years for its second billion (2002-2015). For more information on the local organization, phone Harold Obenhaus at 293-1966 or Fred Willis at 293-5974 or 292-1916.

The Friends of the Unger Library sells used magazines for 10 cents (5 cents for National Geographics). Any donations of magazines published in the past two years are welcome. Please bring them by the public library at the corner of Ninth and Austin streets.

Drop off locations for the Snack Pak 4Kids Pop-Tarts collection during September include Jumbo Joe’s, Prosperity Bank, Trinity Life Church and The Cottage. Snack Pak 4Kids needs Pop-Tarts year around in its effort to ease weekend hunger among school-age children in Plainview.

Hale County farmers and landowners that need areas sprayed by the Noxious Weed Control District should either visit the board’s website at halecountynoxiousweeds.com or contact Lewis Senter, board supervisor, at 806-292-4750

The local Military Veteran Peer Network group meets from 6-7:30 p.m. every other Tuesday at the Salvation Army, 615 Broadway. Refreshments are provided. All veterans are invited, no matter what era. Upcoming dates include Sept. 22. For more information, contact local volunteer coordinator Angie Nelms at 806-292-8775.

Alvin Petty will pick up garage sale-types of items, with proceeds going to the Ideal Village Chapel Scholarship Fund. Call 806-759-0735.

For Kids Sake classes for adults and Sandcastles for children ages 5-17 will be held from 8:15 a.m. to noon Saturday, Sept. 19, Oct. 10, Nov. 14, Dec. 12, Jan. 9 and Feb. 13 at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 710 Joliet. Cost is $40 (cash only) For Kids Sake and $10 cash per child ($20 for three or more children) for Sandcastles. There is no need to register. Call 995-2756 and ask for Vickie.

Free GED classes are available for adults from 8:15 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through Thursday at 1407 W. Fifth in the South Plains Community Action building. Everyone is welcome. Call the Plainview Adult Learning Center, 296-5459, for more information.

Free night GED and ESL classes are available at Ash High School, 908 Ash St. They begin Sept. 21 and will run from 5-8 p.m. Mondays and Tuesdays in Room 206 for GED and Room 208 for ESL. The ESL classes will teach basic skills of English to non-English speakers. The GED class will help prepare participants for the English, Social Studies, Math and Science subjects tested on the new and improved GED test. Contact Karen Latimer at 806-729-4851 for GED information and Ofelia Lopez at 806-292-0607 for ESL.

Covenant Health Plainview hosts the cancer survivors prayer support group “We Fight To Live” from 7-8 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month in Room B. The sessions will consist of a monthly topic and presenter, and a structured segment, allowing time for group sharing. The support group is open to those with a cancer diagnosis and anyone affected by their diagnosis. The group is led by Andrea Ingram, a cancer survivor, as well as Sherry Wall, hospital mission services. There is no charge for the group. For more information contact Andrea Ingram at 806-293-7614 or Sherry Wall at 806-291-3364.

The next meeting of the Literary Lunch Bunch will be at noon Tuesday, Nov. 3, in Van Howeling, Room 104 on the Wayland Baptist University campus. The books to be discussed include, “The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry,” Gabrielle Zevin; “Go Set a Watchman,” Harper Lee; “The Price of Fame,” Sylvia Jukes Morris; “Between the World and Me,” Ta-Nehisi Coates; and “The Fellowship: The Literary Life of the Inklings,” Philip Zaleski and Carol Zaleski.

Hosting a foreign exchange student with American Cultural Exchange Service could be a fun way to learn about other countries and cultures. Students speak English and have health insurance and personal spending money, and host families must provide a separate bed and in-house meals. Those interested should contact ACES local coordinator Kevin Foster in Amarillo at 806-352-4214, email ktexa2@clearwire.net or visit www.exploretheworld.org.

The October Readers’ Page will be published Oct. 7. Readers are invited to submit original poetry, essays, features and photos to: Readers’ Page, 820 Broadway, Plainview, TX 79072; bring them to the Herald at 820 Broadway; or email to dmcdonough@hearstnp.com. All submissions should include a name, town and daytime phone number.